At Modesto Junior College in California, English Professor Dr. Theresa Rojas has started an important collection of Latinx Comics. What started as a reference collection in her office was enthusiastically encouraged by campus librarian Susan Cassidy and soon became “The LatinoGraphix Collection” with a home in the library. The collection already has sixty titles from…
Cómix Latinx Interview: LESTER REY
Puerto Rico has long been a land stuck in political limbo and the ongoing struggle back from the aftermath of Hurricane Maria proves how much worse the situation really is. Though the world allows Puerto Rico to disappear to the back of its collective mind the people and it’s diaspora continue to struggle ahead in…
Cómix Latinx Interview: Gonzalo Alvarez and THE LEGEND OF POLLOMAN
Mythology and it’s pantheon of gods and monsters have long been a source of inspiration for storytelling in the world of comic books. Wonder Woman, Thor, and Shazam are all examples of characters built off of ancient myths from cultures around the world. One very important culture that has not been touched on with any…
Cómix Latinx Interview: Javier Hernandez Celebrates the 20 Years of EL MUERTO
Latinx, Mexican-American’s especially, are a complex combination of bloodlines, cultures, and history that both ornates and ostracizes us at the same time. It’s who we proudly are. The perfect illustration of this tostilocos mix can be found in the pages of El Muerto, a long running comic book created by author and illustrator Javier Hernandez. El Muerto recounts the story of Diego…
Cómix Latinx Interview: COSMIC FISH Creator Eliana Falcón
There is a far-off beautiful land inhabited by amazing creatures and people. This land is Puerto Rico and one of it’s residents, Eliana Falcón is the creator of the award-winning webcomic Cosmic Fish. Cosmic Fish is an allegorical story that Falcón publishes twice a week and has already been published in print collecting the first…
Cómix Latinx Interview: Anthony Mendez on His New Comic PEDRO AND MISO
You more than likely have already heard new comic book writer Anthony Mendez before even if you haven’t heard of him. Voice-over actor Mendez is the famous voice of the Narrator in CW’s hit show Jane the Virgin as well as voicing King Juan Ramon in Disney’s show Elena of Avalor. While Mendez uses spoken words to bring to life…
Cómix Latinx Interview: Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez on LA BORINQUEÑA
There is a beautiful woman from an island paradise with super powers granted to her by the gods that has become very popular lately. She can fly, has super strength, and a star on her chest, but she isn’t an Amazonian princess. Her name is La Borinqueña and she is Puerto Rico’s very own super…
Cómix Latinx Interview: Stephanie Barros on Her Webcomic FANTASMA
You have just died. Everything is black but in the distance you can see a light. A colorful light. You stumble forward towards it hoping to find the afterlife somewhere ahead. You reach it and find…a piñata? Confused you stretch out your arm to touch the multi-colored party decoration and it attacks you. You try to hit it…
Cómix Latinx Interview: Hector Rodriguez on EL PESO HERO
“Cartel fights back after boss killed in Reynosa; City hammered by gunfire and exploding grenades on Saturday morning,” reads a recent headline about the Mexican border town of Reynosa. It’s not a TV show, action movie, or even a comic book story line, this is real life. If it were fictional then the call would go…